# 道理
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dàolǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dao$^4$ ni$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dou$^6$ lei$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): au$^5$ li$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tho-lî
    (Hailu, HRS): to$^˖$ li$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tau$^4$ li$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dor$^5$ li$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tō-lí / tǒ͘-lí / tǒ-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dao$^6$ li$^2$ / do$^6$ li$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$dau-li$_6$ / $^4$dau-li$_4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàolǐ → dàoli (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàoli̊
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^4$-li$^5$
*** Yale: dàu-li
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.lii
*** Palladius: даоли (daoli)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dao$^4$ ni$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daoli
*** Sinological IPA : /tau²¹³ ni⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: douh léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^6$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯²² lei̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: au$^5$ li$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /au³² li²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: to li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^4$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ li²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^˖$ li$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³³ li⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tau$^4$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰau⁵³ li⁴⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dor$^5$ li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒ²¹ li⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dor$^5$ li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒ²¹ li³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tō-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doixlie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /to²²⁻²¹ li⁴²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ͘-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tǒo-lí
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² li⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tǒ-lí
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /to²² li⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dao$^6$ li$^2$ / do$^6$ li$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău lí / tŏ lí
*** Sinological IPA : /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/, /to³⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$dau-li$_6$
*** MiniDict: dau$^去$ li$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$dau-li$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² li⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dæ²³ li¹¹/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^4$dau-li$_4$
*** MiniDict: dau$^上$ li$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /dɔ²² li¹³/

### Noun

道理
* reason; argument; sense; logic
    不講道理／不讲道理 ― bù jiǎng dàolǐ ― to be unreasonable
    你說得有道理。／你说得有道理。 ― Nǐ shuō de yǒu dàolǐ. ― You have a point.
    From: 1918: Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary (狂人日記)
    qíshí zhè zhǒng dàolǐ, dào le xiànzài, tāmen yě gāi zǎo yǐ dǒngde,...... [Pinyin]
    Actually, they should have long since understood this kind of reasoning...
* principle; rule; truth; philosophy
    人生道理 ― rénshēng dàolǐ ― philosophies of life
       Zhè jù huà de dàolǐ nǐ yīnggāi qīngchǔ. [Pinyin]
       You should understand the principle contained in this sentence.
    From: Various editors, Collected Conversations of Master Zhu, c. 13th century CE
    Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yào bùdé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]
    Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.
* way; plan
    From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
    Míngrì xiān bǎ àn nèi rénzhèng tí lái, zài zuò dàolǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (reason):
* 來由 / 来由 (láiyóu)
* 原因 (yuányīn)
* 因由 (yīnyóu)
* 因端 (Hokkien)
* 因致端 (Hokkien)
* 基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
* 張本 / 张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
* 成因 (chéngyīn)
* 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
* 根由 (gēnyóu)
* 理由 (lǐyóu)
* 緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù)
* 緣由 / 缘由 (yuányóu)
* 緣起 / 缘起 (yuánqǐ)
* 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
* 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
* 說道 / 说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
* 起因 (qǐyīn)
* 關係 / 关系
* (principle):
* 公理 (gōnglǐ) (commonly acknowledged principle)
* 原則 / 原则 (yuánzé)
* 原理 (yuánlǐ)
* 定理 (dìnglǐ)
* (way):
* 主意
* 作法 (zuòfǎ)
* 做法 (zuòfǎ)
* 卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao$^3$ qiao$^4$) (Sichuanese)
* 套套 (tau$^3$ tau$^{3-2}$) (Jin, colloquial)
* 對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
* 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
* 手段 (shǒuduàn)
* 措施 (cuòshī)
* 方式 (fāngshì)
* 方法 (fāngfǎ)
* 步數 / 步数 (Hokkien)
* 法子 (colloquial)
* 法度 (Hokkien)
* 渠道 (qúdào)
* 竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
* 竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
* 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
* 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
* 訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào)
* 訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
* 路子 (lùzi)
* 路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
* 蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
* 辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
* 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
* 進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
* 道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
* 道道 (dau$^3$ dau$^{3-2}$) (Jin)
* 門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
* 門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
* 門道 / 门道 (méndao)
* 門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
* 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

#### Derived terms

* 大條道理 / 大条道理
* 大道理 (dàdàolǐ)
* 擺事實，講道理 / 摆事实，讲道理 (bǎi shìshí, jiǎng dàolǐ)
* 有道理 (yǒu dàolǐ)
* 硬道理 (yìngdàolǐ)
* 自有道理 (zìyǒudàolǐ)
* 講道理 / 讲道理 (jiǎng dàolǐ)

#### Related terms

* 情理 (qínglǐ)
* 真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)
* 真理 (zhēnlǐ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 道理(どうり) (dōri)
* → Korean: 도리(道理) (dori)
* → Vietnamese: đạo lí (道理)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 道 | 理 |
| どう Grade: 2 | り Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) どーり [dòóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [do̞ːɾʲi]

### Noun

道(どう)理(り) • (dōri)
* reason, logic, sense, principle
    彼(かれ)の意(い)見(けん)は道(どう)理(り)に適(かな)っていない。
       Kare no iken wa dōri ni kanatte inai.
       His opinion doesn't make sense.

#### Derived terms

* 道(どう)理(り)で (dōri de)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 道 | 理 |

### Noun

道理 • (dori) (hangeul 도리)
* hanja form of 도리 (“duty; way, method, means”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 道 | 理 |

### Noun

道理
* chữ Hán form of đạo lí (“moral code, principles, standards; moral philosophy”).